get_solarmonitor_links_dirty¶

This code “queries” solarmonitor.org for four different full sun images (Line-of-Sight (LoS) Magnetic Fields, Hinode-XRT, H alpha , and ~171 Angstroms). The query works by making text requests for a specified date to solarmonitor then parsing the text for png files related to observations in all four wavelengths. If the program finds a file, then it downloads the file locally. In preceeding iterations, the program checks that the file does not already exist locally before trying to download the four images. Normally, get_solarmonitor_links_dirty runs from within create_json_for_web, but may also run independently. An example of the code is below downloads all files not currently stored locally in output_dir/ and stores the path to all local files in links, even if they were previously downloaded.

NAME:: get_solarmonitor_links_dirty
DESCRIPTION: Returns links to full Sun images on Solarmonitor.org for the following observations: LOS Magnetic Fields, X-ray, H alpha, and SDO/AIA 171 or SWAP 174
USAGE: get_solarmonitor_links_dirty,date,outdir,links
INPUT: date – Date formated in YYYYMMDD to get solarmonitor full sun images outdir – Output directory of solarmonitor png file
OUTPUT: links – An array of links to the solar monitor website
EXAMPLE: get_solarmonitor_links_dirty,‘2019/01/04’,’output_dir/’,links